Paying For College

While you should not choose a Institution based on costs, it may make or break a decision.

The Biggest misconception in the costs for Higher Education is that you are limited to Financial Aid or Private loans. Most Private Universities have scholarships, fellowships and other opportunities that are privately funded by Alumni, Organization and Private Businesses. Just because the bill is $40,000 at one institution, and $18,000 at another, does not mean that choosing the lesser expensive institution is going to actually cost less in the end. Higher Education Mentor assist in disclosing actual cost vs. advertised cost.

The Jeanne Cleary Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the
landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act that requires colleges and
universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their
campuses. Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs it applies
to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is enforced by the U.S. Department
of Education.

• The “Clery Act” is named in memory of 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann
Clery who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986.

• Jeanne's parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn't been told about 38
violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with
other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally
known as the "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990."

The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the victims of campus
sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again in 1998 to expand the reporting
requirements. The 1998 amendments also formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.
The law was most recently amended in 2000 to require schools beginning in 2003 to notify the
campus community about where public "Megan's Law" information about registered sex offenders
on campus could be obtained.

Cleary Report

This is a collection of the Crime Statistics for the Campus and its surrounding areas. Every University is required by Federal Law to have this report prepared and updated every year for prospective students and parents.

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